Carinthia West (National Council electoral district)

Carinthia West (; ), also known as Electoral District 2C (), is one of the 39 multi-member regional electoral districts of the National Council, the lower house of the Austrian Parliament, the national legislature of Austria. The electoral district was created in 1992 when electoral regulations were amended to add regional electoral districts to the existing state-wide electoral districts and came into being at the following legislative election in 1994. It consists of the districts of Feldkirchen, Hermagor and Spittal an der Drau in the state of Carinthia. The electoral district currently elects three of the 183 members of the National Council using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 legislative election the constituency had 100,053 registered electors.

History Carinthia West was one 43 regional electoral districts () established by the "National Council Electoral Regulations 1992" () passed by the National Council in 1992. It consisted of the districts of Feldkirchen, Hermagor and Spittal an der Drau in the state of Carinthia. The district was initially allocated three seats in May 1993.

Electoral system Carinthia West currently elects three of the 183 members of the National Council using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. The allocation of seats is carried out in three stages. In the first stage, seats are allocated to parties (lists) at the regional level using a state-wide Hare quota () (valid votes in the state divided by the number of seats in the state). In the second stage, seats are allocated to parties at the state/provincial level using the state-wide Hare quota (any seats won by the party at the regional stage are subtracted from the party's state seats). In the third and final stage, seats are allocated to parties at the federal/national level using the D'Hondt method (any seats won by the party at the regional and state stages are subtracted from the party's federal seats). Only parties that reach the 4% national threshold, or have won a seat at the regional stage, compete for seats at the state and federal stages.

Electors may cast one preferential vote for individual candidates at the regional, state and federal levels. Split-ticket voting (panachage), or voting for more than one candidate at each level, is not permitted and will result in the ballot paper being invalidated. At the regional level, candidates must receive preferential votes amounting to at least 14% of the valid votes cast for their party to over-ride the order of the party list (10% and 7% respectively for the state and federal levels). Prior to April 2013 electors could not cast preferential votes at the federal level and the thresholds candidates needed to over-ride the party list order were higher at the regional level (half the Hare quota or of the party votes) and state level (Hare quota).

Election results Summary Election CommunistsKPÖ+ / KPÖ Social DemocratsSPÖ GreensGRÜNE NEOSNEOS / LiF People'sÖVP Alliance for the FutureBZÖ FreedomFPÖ colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats2019 267 0.37% 0 16,817 23.32% 0 5,412 7.50% 0 4,758 6.60% 0 27,407 38.00% 1 119 0.16% 0 16,159 22.40% 02017 271 0.35% 0 20,944 26.68% 0 1,562 1.99% 0 3,149 4.01% 0 23,224 29.58% 0 26,250 33.43% 12013 306 0.42% 0 21,553 29.24% 0 7,144 9.69% 0 3,101 4.21% 0 13,629 18.49% 0 7,750 10.52% 0 14,033 19.04% 02008 315 0.39% 0 21,371 26.34% 0 4,025 4.96% 0 871 1.07% 0 14,015 17.27% 0 32,233 39.72% 1 6,317 7.78% 02006 501 0.65% 0 24,807 32.27% 0 4,101 5.34% 0 19,184 24.96% 0 20,420 26.57% 0 5,837 7.59% 02002 390 0.48% 0 27,932 34.36% 1 3,828 4.71% 0 605 0.74% 0 26,810 32.98% 1 21,724 26.72% 01999 191 0.24% 0 25,860 33.11% 1 3,476 4.45% 0 1,632 2.09% 0 15,285 19.57% 0 30,980 39.66% 11995 133 0.16% 0 30,407 36.96% 1 2,675 3.25% 0 2,410 2.93% 0 17,637 21.44% 0 28,477 34.61% 11994 82 0.10% 0 28,989 36.48% 1 3,873 4.87% 0 2,716 3.42% 0 15,781 19.86% 0 27,471 34.57% 1

Detailed 2010s 2019 Results of the 2019 legislative election held on 29 September 2019:

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsFeld-kirchen Herma-gor Spittalan derDrau Votingcard Austrian People's Party ÖVP 5,895 4,878 16,546 88 27,407 38.00% 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 3,900 2,853 10,013 51 16,817 23.32% 0 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 4,056 1,923 10,148 32 16,159 22.40% 0 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 1,206 765 3,365 76 5,412 7.50% 0 NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS 1,074 670 2,968 46 4,758 6.60% 0 JETZT JETZT 237 119 551 19 926 1.28% 0 KPÖ Plus KPÖ+ 80 35 149 3 267 0.37% 0 Der Wandel WANDL 80 37 141 2 260 0.36% 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 31 16 72 0 119 0.16% 0Valid Votes 16,559 11,296 43,953 317 72,125 100.00% 1Rejected Votes 315 225 737 4 1,281 1.75% Total Polled 16,874 11,521 44,690 321 73,406 73.37% Registered Electors 23,915 14,669 61,469 100,053 Turnout 70.56% 78.54% 72.70% 73.37%

The following candidates were elected: Personal mandates - Gabriel Obernosterer (ÖVP), 4,830 votes.

2017 Results of the 2017 legislative election held on 15 October 2017:

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsFeld-kirchen Herma-gor Spittalan derDrau Votingcard Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 6,710 3,157 16,333 50 26,250 33.43% 1 Austrian People's Party ÖVP 4,990 4,307 13,808 119 23,224 29.58% 0 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 4,604 3,410 12,841 89 20,944 26.68% 0 NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS 733 433 1,932 51 3,149 4.01% 0 Peter Pilz List PILZ 622 299 1,256 38 2,215 2.82% 0 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 331 256 954 21 1,562 1.99% 0 My Vote Counts! GILT 148 90 390 6 634 0.81% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 50 45 170 6 271 0.35% 0 The Whites WEIßE 37 22 89 1 149 0.19% 0 Free List Austria FLÖ 22 14 76 1 113 0.14% 0Valid Votes 18,247 12,033 47,849 382 78,511 100.00% 1Rejected Votes 248 206 654 3 1,111 1.40% Total Polled 18,495 12,239 48,503 385 79,622 78.92% Registered Electors 24,126 14,827 61,941 100,894 Turnout 76.66% 82.55% 78.31% 78.92%

The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Erwin Angerer (FPÖ), 2,775 votes.

2013 Results of the 2013 legislative election held on 29 September 2013:

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsFeld-kirchen Herma-gor Spittalan derDrau Votingcard Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 4,913 3,535 13,062 43 21,553 29.24% 0 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 3,530 1,687 8,789 27 14,033 19.04% 0 Austrian People's Party ÖVP 2,453 3,350 7,770 56 13,629 18.49% 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 2,053 973 4,705 19 7,750 10.52% 0 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 1,685 976 4,410 73 7,144 9.69% 0 Team Stronach FRANK 1,366 645 3,762 13 5,786 7.85% 0 NEOS – The New Austria NEOS 567 285 2,217 32 3,101 4.21% 0 Pirate Party of Austria PIRAT 93 51 250 5 399 0.54% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 68 36 197 5 306 0.42% 0Valid Votes 16,728 11,538 45,162 273 73,701 100.00% 0Rejected Votes 337 289 828 3 1,457 1.94% Total Polled 17,065 11,827 45,990 276 75,158 73.28% Registered Electors 24,485 15,190 62,886 102,561 Turnout 69.70% 77.86% 73.13% 73.28%

2000s 2008 Results of the 2008 legislative election held on 28 September 2008:

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsFeld-kirchen Herma-gor Spittalan derDrau Votingcard Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 7,840 4,001 20,150 242 32,233 39.72% 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 4,805 3,428 12,975 163 21,371 26.34% 0 Austrian People's Party ÖVP 2,527 2,978 8,313 197 14,015 17.27% 0 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 1,588 948 3,704 77 6,317 7.78% 0 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 866 599 2,352 208 4,025 4.96% 0 Fritz Dinkhauser List – Citizens' Forum Tyrol FRITZ 174 146 539 19 878 1.08% 0 Liberal Forum LiF 175 130 516 50 871 1.07% 0 Independent Citizens' Initiative Save Austria RETTÖ 143 60 311 1 515 0.63% 0 The Christians DC 128 81 302 4 515 0.63% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 70 50 184 11 315 0.39% 0 List Karlheinz Klement KHK 18 7 34 0 59 0.07% 0 List Strong STARK 11 4 17 0 32 0.04% 0Valid Votes 18,345 12,432 49,397 972 81,146 100.00% 1Rejected Votes 388 349 1,072 16 1,825 2.20% Total Polled 18,733 12,781 50,469 988 82,971 79.26% Registered Electors 24,595 15,650 64,434 104,679 Turnout 76.17% 81.67% 78.33% 79.26%

The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Josef Jury (BZÖ), 2,081 votes.

2006 Results of the 2006 legislative election held on 1 October 2006:

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsFeld-kirchen Herma-gor Spittalan derDrau Votingcard Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 5,460 3,695 14,632 1,020 24,807 32.27% 0 Alliance for the Future of Austria BZÖ 4,354 2,430 13,025 611 20,420 26.57% 0 Austrian People's Party ÖVP 3,598 3,579 10,678 1,329 19,184 24.96% 0 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 1,434 883 3,261 259 5,837 7.59% 0 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 760 537 2,173 631 4,101 5.34% 0 Hans-Peter Martin's List MATIN 377 173 809 56 1,415 1.84% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 107 65 296 33 501 0.65% 0 Certainly – Absolutely –Independent, Franz Radinger SAU 164 41 123 12 340 0.44% 0 EU Withdrawal – Neutral Free Austria NFÖ 55 14 131 10 210 0.27% 0 List Strong STARK 12 9 26 0 47 0.06% 0Valid Votes 16,321 11,426 45,154 3,961 76,862 100.00% 0Rejected Votes 442 358 1,072 69 1,941 2.46% Total Polled 16,763 11,784 46,226 4,030 78,803 77.82% Registered Electors 23,509 15,203 62,553 101,265 Turnout 71.30% 77.51% 73.90% 77.82%

2002 Results of the 2002 legislative election held on 24 November 2002:

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsFeld-kirchen Herma-gor Spittalan derDrau Votingcard Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 6,211 4,231 16,295 1,195 27,932 34.36% 1 Austrian People's Party ÖVP 5,241 4,564 15,231 1,774 26,810 32.98% 1 Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 4,983 2,678 13,312 751 21,724 26.72% 0 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 681 432 1,925 790 3,828 4.71% 0 Liberal Forum LiF 122 82 339 62 605 0.74% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 83 50 242 15 390 0.48% 0Valid Votes 17,321 12,037 47,344 4,587 81,289 100.00% 2Rejected Votes 376 292 1,020 61 1,749 2.11% Total Polled 17,697 12,329 48,364 4,648 83,038 83.80% Registered Electors 22,599 15,143 61,352 99,094 Turnout 78.31% 81.42% 78.83% 83.80%

The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Walter Posch (SPÖ), 3,965 votes; and Josef Winkler (ÖVP), 1,610 votes.

1990s 1999 Results of the 1999 legislative election held on 3 October 1999:

Party Votes per district Totalvotes % SeatsFeld-kirchen Herma-gor Spittalan derDrau Votingcard Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ 7,041 4,028 18,704 1,207 30,980 39.66% 1 Social Democratic Party of Austria SPÖ 5,340 4,133 15,320 1,067 25,860 33.11% 1 Austrian People's Party ÖVP 2,790 3,086 8,595 814 15,285 19.57% 0 The Greens – The Green Alternative GRÜNE 675 407 1,881 513 3,476 4.45% 0 Liberal Forum LiF 233 172 872 355 1,632 2.09% 0 The Independents DU 116 64 305 19 504 0.65% 0 Communist Party of Austria KPÖ 22 24 131 14 191 0.24% 0 No to NATO and EU –Neutral Austria Citizens' Initiative NEIN 47 18 109 12 186 0.24% 0Valid Votes 16,264 11,932 45,917 4,001 78,114 100.00% 2Rejected Votes 270 223 734 30 1,257 1.58% Total Polled 16,534 12,155 46,651 4,031 79,371 80.20% Registered Electors 22,315 15,344 61,302 98,961 Turnout 74.09% 79.22% 76.10% 80.20%

The following candidates were elected: Party mandates - Herbert Haupt (FPÖ), 4,278 votes; and Walter Posch (SPÖ), 3,189 votes.

Substitutions: Herbert Haupt (FPÖ) resigned on 27 October 2000 and was replaced by Kurt Scheuch (FPÖ) on 30 October 2000.

1995 Results of the 1995 legislative election held on 17 December 1995: